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Decatur man arrested after months-long investigation
DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - A Decatur man is in jail after a months-long narcotics investigation. Decatur Police say their narcotics unit began the investigation after being alerted to drug sales in the southwest part of the city. They say Terrell Swan was quickly identified as the main suspect and undercover officers bought crack cocaine from him.
Man arrested after BB gun found hidden underneath shirt in Moulton
MOULTON, Ala. (WAFF) - A man was arrested after a BB gun was found hidden underneath his shirt in Moulton on Tuesday morning. According to WAFF 48′s newspaper partner, The Moulton Advertiser, officers with the Moulton Police Department observed a suspicious man behind a business on Court Street. The...
Opinion | Decatur police officers are antagonizing their community
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Since Sept. 29, the Decatur Police Department has engaged in tactics to antagonize and repress the citizenry it is supposed to “serve and protect” simply for protesting the killing of Steve Perkins by Decatur officers. Perkins was killed, effectively ambushed, by Decatur...
Police identify suspects caught after attempt to cash bad check, long chase in North Alabama
The Priceville Police Department has identified the two suspects involved in Tuesday's chase. According to police, 35-year-old Stanford Renard Dean, of Atlanta, Georgia was charged with forgery, possession of a forged instrument, and attempt to elude (felony) with bonds totaling $110,000. Police also say 36-year-old Laveander Lamar Ashford, of Huntsville,...
Civil rights group members file complaint over Decatur police lieutenant
DECATUR, Ala. — Tensions between residents fighting for a Decatur widow's search for justice and members of the Decatur Police Department grew this weekend when demonstrators attending the city's 3rd Friday Street Festival this weekend were met with threats of arrest by police. One officer, Lt. Joe Renshaw, is being singled out for allegedly being particularly aggressive.
7th-grade boy dies after suffering ‘medical emergency’ at north Alabama middle school
A seventh-grader at a north Alabama medical school died after experiencing a “medical emergency” at the school Tuesday, the principal said Wednesday. “Yesterday, Morgan Williams, a 7th grade student, experienced a medical emergency on campus and sadly passed away. This loss has and will raise many emotions, concerns, and questions for our entire school, especially our students,” Shannon Brown, the principal of Liberty Middle School in Madison, said in a letter to parents, faculty and students Wednesday, according to a spokesman for Madison City Schools.
WWII veteran coming home to Moulton after nearly 80 years
MOULTON, Ala. – A family in Moulton is finally receiving the closure they have been awaiting for almost eight decades. The Battle of Hurtgen Forest was fought from September 1944 to February 1945 between American and German forces in the wake of Normandy. On Dec. 6, 1944, Noah Reeves was one of the many soldiers in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest who were killed in action; unlike his comrades, the lead scout’s body was never discovered or returned. One evening in 2019 the U.S. military alerted Reeves’ next of kin that his remains had been found. Reeves was a 25-year-old farmer when the infamous WWII draft came about. He...
Decatur teacher receives grant from TVA
DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - Students at Leon Sheffield Magnet Elementary School have more ways to learn after a grant from the Tennessee Valley Authority. TVA awarded $1,500 to Mrs. Heather Coon, a STEM teacher at the school. The money will be used to purchase two 3D printers and printer filament.
‘Sounds of Summer’ concerts return to Home Place Park
MADISON – Madison Arts Alliance urges residents to mark their calendars for the 2024 summer concert lineup for “Sounds of Summer.”. The concert venue is Home Place Park, 100 Shorter St., two streets south of Main Street in downtown Madison. The concerts are free. Madison Arts Alliance sponsors...
‘We will fight’: Parents want to save autism class in Limestone County
LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Parents Alicia Loughary and Heather Bridges say their sons, who are nonverbal and attend Johnson Elementary School in Limestone County, have benefitted a lot from the attention and care. “He looks forward to going to school, he doesn’t cry when he gets out of the jeep, and he goes right […]
Two Decatur men charged with drug trafficking in separate busts
DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - Two men in Decatur were charged with drug trafficking in two separate drug busts last week by the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office and Decatur Police Department. According to WAFF’s news partners at Decatur Daily, Holden Tyler Blevins, 33, was charged with trafficking fentanyl and William...
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